Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. John Reed [D, RI]

Obstacles awaiting health care bill in Senate after close House passage of landmark plan

2009-11-08T00:00:00Z

...Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday. "It was a bill written by liberals for liberals." A Democratic colleague, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, predicted an overhaul would pass the Senate because "it's essential" to the country's economic success an

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Alec MacGillis -- Why aren't President Obama's job-creation efforts more direct?

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...efforts would not produce long-term value. And they have not pushed the private-sector job-sharing idea -- being promoted by Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) -- because they want to build real demand for workers, not just spread work among more people. "I think

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News Digest

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...Hospital Oct. 4 after allegedly having been struck by Patino the previous day. Sen. Reed to be on ‘Face the Nation’ Sen. Jack Reed will be among the panelists Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” when the group discusses the Fort Hood shootings a

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Sunday shows: Steele, Kaine, McDonnell, Gorbachev

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...pollster Frank Luntz and ABC's Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will. CBS' "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer: Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Reps. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and Republican

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U.S. Trials OK'd for 9/11 Suspects

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...though four Democrats and one independent joined the Republicans. "They are criminals. They committed murder," said Sen. Jack Reed, Rhode Island Democrat, who said civilian courts have handled plenty of terrorist cases and are able to take even the wor

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Grant for Warwick clock comes in nick of time

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...will allow for refurbishing the clock’s chime mechanism that use to ring through downtown Apponaug. Avedisian credited Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. James Langevin for helping the city win the federal grant. “This now gives us what we need to put the last

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Senator Dodd Proposes Major Financial Reform

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...is in for a long debate before either plan is enacted. "I think we are going to start out with the presumption of as much consolidated regulation as we can," said Sen. Jack Reed, a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, told the Journal. ...

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Senate extends jobless benefits, tax breaks to homebuyers

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...day. "There is no place today in the United States that does not see a serious crisis in unemployment," said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, where the 13 percent unemployment rate exceeds the national rate of 9.8 percent. The $2.4 billion cos

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Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...the first since passage of the $787 billion stimulus package last February. "You can't feed your family GDP," said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, where the unemployment rate is 13 percent. "you need a job. you need to be able to work." The l

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Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...since passage of the $787 billion stimulus package last February. "You can't feed your family GDP," said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, where the unemployment rate is 13 percent. "you need a job. you need to be able to work." The legislation

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Senate acts to extend aid for jobless, homebuyers

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...first since passage of the $787 billion stimulus package last February. "You can't feed your family GDP," said Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, where the unemployment rate is 13 percent. "you need a job. you need to be able to work." The legis

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Stimulus package report card shows 2,012 jobs created or saved in R.I.

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

...to 13 percent, its highest since at least 1976 and the third-highest in the nation. Chip Unruh, spokesman for U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat, said the Recovery Act has had a positive impact on Rhode Island. He pointed to a report generated from informa

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Afghanistan -- Few New Troops and Shrinking Dollars

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...planning manuals call for. Yet even the smallest increment is not financially sustainable for more than a few years, says Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), a West Point contemporary of Gen. David Petraeus and Gen. Stanley McChrystal and an opponent of the 2003 inv

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Senate Panel Votes To Expand Sanctions Against Iran

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...Dodd, D-CT, (C) speaks to the media after a bipartisan meeting on Capitol Hill as Sen. Charles Schumer,D-NY, (L) and Sen. Jack Reed,D-RI, listen in Washington, 25 sep 2008 The Committee's bill would expand the existing Iran Sanctions Act to extend san

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Senator: Pentagon must make painful spending adjustments

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...Department's weapons accounts will likely be a bill payer for other priorities. In a constrained budget environment, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., who last week succeeded the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., as chairman of the Seapower Subcommittee, predict

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SEC considers broader market surveillance

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...only some investors in dark pools but not the general public have information about the best available prices," said Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., chairman of the Senate Banking subcommittee on securities. But operators of the pools contend they indirectly be

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Defense bill includes money to sway Taliban

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...might be used to sway former Taliban to support U.S. efforts still needs to be worked out by defense officials. On Wednesday, Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., told reporters that adding more U.S. troops in Afghanistan will not in itself be enough to stabilize th

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White House says attackers in Kabul will not win

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...strategy, the official said, would likely entail a troop increase, though not necessarily as large as 40,000. Sen. Jack Reed, a key Democrat who sits on the Senate armed services committee, told reporters he expected Obama would at least boost the numbe

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SEC considers broader market surveillance

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

SEC considers broader market surveillance

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z